Vulnerability · Published Sep 28, 2023 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2023-5233Font Awesome Integration <= 5.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Medium 6.4

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Font Awesome Integration from mcostales84. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Font Awesome Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'fawesome' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
mcostales84 Font Awesome Integration 0 – through 5.0

Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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